UO's Erlandson among inductees to American Academy of Arts and Sciences

Erlandson signs the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Book of Members

University of Oregon professor Jon Erlandson was among 164 artists, scientists, scholars, authors and institutional leaders inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences at a ceremony in Cambridge, Mass., this month.

Erlandson is executive director of the Museum of Natural and Cultural History, a professor of anthropology and a Knight Professor of Arts and Sciences.

“The Induction Ceremony recognizes the achievement and vitality of today’s most accomplished individuals who together with the academy will work to advance the greater good,” Academy Secretary Jerrold Meinwald said. “These distinguished men and women are making significant strides in their quest to find solutions to the most pressing scientific, humanistic, and policy challenges of the day.”

Founded in 1780, the American Academy is one of the nation’s oldest learned societies and an independent research center that draws from its members’ expertise to conduct studies in science and technology policy, global security, the humanities and culture, social policy and education.